Mobile vs Pensacola
Mobile, AL compared with Pensacola, FL · 57 miles apart
Mobile has 200,824 residents to Pensacola’s 53,817. Mobile comes out ahead on median rent, unemployment, price to income. Pensacola does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Mobile, AL | Pensacola, FL | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 200,824 | 53,817 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 1,331 | 2,362 |
| Median household income | $53,558 | $74,212 |
| Median home value | $193,300 | $314,400 |
| Median rent | $1,068 | $1,322 |
| Homeownership | 54% | 64.2% |
| Average commute | 22.8 min | 22 min |
| Median age | 37.3 | 41.3 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 32% | 43% |
| Poverty rate | 18.4% | 12.6% |
| Unemployment | 5.6% | 6.3% |
| Price to income | 3.6× | 4.2× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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- Mobile, ALClimate, crime, housing
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